Tech

The secret to rebuilding trust in tech: More emotionally intelligent humans

From my conversations with industry leaders at companies like Dell and data scientists like Jon Christiansen, the main takeaway is that closing the trust gap and ensuring a greater understanding of AI lies in our very humanity.

Uber air taxi maker Embraer floats a “simple” new design for its flying SUV

Launching entirely new aircraft types in the 2020s will be a huge technical and regulatory challenge. Brazil’s Embraer aims to keep the design as simple as possible.

Driverless cars are coming for the airlines

Our research has revealed just how much people’s travel preferences could shift with the advent of driverless cars.

Under fire by U.S. regulators, Chinese telecom lobbying skyrocketed in 2018

How the race to the Moon–with an assist from pop culture–changed the meaning of the word ‘technology’

When the Space Age began, “tech” was the scary stuff of nuclear war.

Here are the best ways to protect your privacy on an iPhone

Every iPhone user should adopt these five methods to guard their data in iOS.

How YouTube is trying to fix its Kids app without ruining it

YouTube is committed to the free-form, user-generated nature of its platform. It’s tough to reconcile that with a version that’s perfectly safe for kids.

Our environmental problem is also a mental problem

If we block out our emotions, then we are unable to connect with the urgency of the crisis.

How the tech industry created a teaching corps for rural schools

Experts from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and other companies are bringing their skills to teaching—and reaching students far from the the tech giants’ home turf.

Apple will soon let iPhone apps use both cameras at the same time

If Google’s Stadia streaming service changes gaming, it’ll take a while

Stadia has big ambitions. But it’s short on cloud-first exclusives–at least for now.

Uber concedes that helicopters are the real flying cars, for now

With Uber’s clean, quiet electric planes still a long-term vision, Uber Copter is a more prosaic—but practical—air taxi service.

Monopsony gives tech giants enormous power—but could be their undoing

Tech giants rely on monopsony, an unseen power that lets them demand lower prices from vendors. But being a monopsony can put a company’s future at risk.

Report: AT&T’s HBO-centric streaming service will cost more than HBO

With this AI, your voice could give away your face

MIT researchers trained a machine learning model to reconstruct a very rough likeness of someone’s face based only on a short audio clip.

Police misconduct records are often secret. Citizens are changing that

Transparency advocates are working to make police personnel records more accessible—and searchable—for the public. Can that go too far?

I left the ad industry because our use of data tracking terrified me

With every post, click, and purchase, we have become the product. I didn’t agree to that, and I bet you didn’t either.

Five apps to help you master the art of making small talk

Remember factoids about passing acquaintances, stay on top of the news, and more.

Afghanistan beats the world in depression, and it can barely cope

As the toll of war rolls on, demand for professional mental health services vastly exceeds supply.